October 12th, 2011
“I was once told I act in the wilderness and that I have no point of view. I’ve come to trust that something will emerge from the wilderness. I like going in every which way during rehearsal. I usually work from the inside out, but sometimes it’s the other way around. I may rehearse at top energy or top speed, and then the next day I’ll play it low-key. It’s all a big cauldron. I throw everything in, see what works, and then do less and less. It starts as a minestrone and then becomes a simple broth” (From an interview with Simi Horwitz published on Backstage).
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October 11th, 2011
The cathartic possibility of the theater needs nothing more than the actor and the stage.
“You can have theater with [the smoke, bells and whistles of modern theatrical productions], but you can’t have the cathartic possibility of theater — that thing that lifts you beyond yourself as an audience member. You really just need the platform and the actor, another piece of humanity, sharing his humanity with the audience.” (From Weekend Edition Saturday, October 8, 2011).
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October 10th, 2011
Mean it.
“Don’t open your mouth if you don’t mean every word you’re saying” (From Weekend Edition Saturday, October 8, 2011).
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October 9th, 2011
Leap empty-handed into the void.
“It’s the hardest thing to do,” he says. “It takes a lot of work and a lot of time and a lot of competence to finally know that if you’ve learned your lines and you understand what they mean and you’re ready to go and you fixed the costume and the light’s OK, you just walk out onstage, and you leap empty-handed into the void, and you see what comes back to you.” (From Weekend Edition Saturday, October 8, 2011).
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October 8th, 2011
Why don’t we skip the introduction. I want to hear your question, please.
-Marion Rosen
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October 7th, 2011
Don’t drink anybody’s Kool-Aid.
But if you do, then drink everybody’s Kool-Aid
as an antidote.
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October 5th, 2011
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”
Steve Jobs, in remarks made to Stanford graduates in 2005.
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August 4th, 2011
Rules are for those who don’t have any common sense. Therefore, rules are indispensable in modern society.
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